BPS Level 2 Ability Test User Course

BPS Level 2 Ability Test User Online Training Course

With more than 20 years of experience in teaching this course face-to-face in many different parts of the world from the UK to the UAE, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and more, our award-winning Chartered Psychologist Facilitator is pleased to be able to offer the same course online since 2008. Over the years of offering this course, we have been motivated by the kind feedback received from our students and firmly believe we have a great option for quality training that highlights our passion for the competent use of psychometric assessments as well as effective online learning techniques and tools. The BPS Level 2 Ability Test User Course is an online course is for those who have already completed the BPS Level 1 Assistant Test User training and who wish to be able to interpret and provide useful feedback about ability and aptitude test results to candidates and decision-makers. Upon successful completion of the course, students become eligible for the Register of Qualifications in Test Use (RQTU) BPS Level 2 Ability Test User Qualification.

Topics covered in our BPS Level 2 Ability Test User Course

 INTELLIGENCE

• Theories of Intelligence
• Roots of Intelligence: Nature or Nurture
• Two Factor Model – a Compromise
• New Directions for Intelligence

NORM GROUPS AND STANDARD SCALES

• Distribution Statistics
• ‘Normal’ Distribution
• Central Tendency
• Skew – ‘When Data is Distorted’
• Spread of Scores & Standard Deviation
• Different Scales
• Composition of Norm Groups
• Sample Statistics: Standard Error of the Mean
• Gender & Ethnicity

RELIABILITY AND ERROR IN PSYCHOMETRICS

• Classical Test Theory
• Correlational Statistics
• Significance Levels
• Systematic Error
• Standard Error of Measurement
• Item Response Theory

VALIDITY IN PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING

• Types of Validity
• Bias in Validity
• Restriction of Range
• Criterion Problem
• Criterion Contamination
• Validity Generalization
• Statistical Analysis versus Pragmatic Value
• Chance Relationships

FEEDBACK & REPORTING

• Feedback & Report-writing for Aptitude Tests